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Diamond  Jubilee 

Historical  Sketch  and    Program 


The  Open  Door 

1848-1923 


St.  Paul's  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church 
Dixon,  Illinois 


DEDICATION 

To  the  glory  of  God,  to  the  memory  of  Rev.  Jacob 
Xeff  Burket,  and  to  the  other  sainted  and  living 
Pastors  and  Church  Members  who  have  built  St.  Paul's 
Evangelical  Lutheran  Congregation,  this  brochure  is 
gratefully  and  humbly  dedicated. 


Rev.  Jacob  Neff  Burket,  First  Pastor 

Rev.  Burket  began  his  ministry  in  Lee  County,  Illinois,  May  7, 
1848  and  organized  St.  Paul's  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  August 
20,  1848.  He  came  from  Allegheny  Synod  that  year,  and  was  re- 
ceived' into  the  Illinois  Synod  at  its  third  session.  With  Father 
Stroh  and  two  others,  he  served  on  the  committee  appointed  by 
the  Illinois  Synod  at  its  meeting  in  Oregon,  1850,  and  helped  draft 
the  first  constitution  of  the  Northern  Illinois  Synod  in  the  house  of 
Dr.  Thummel  a  mile  north  of  Prairieville  on  May  14,  1851.  This 
committee  also  while  in  Dr.  Thujnmel's  home  made  arrangements 
for  holding  the  first  session  of  the  new  Synod  at  Cedarville,  Stephen- 
son County,  the  following  September. 

He  preached  his  farewell  sermon  to  the  Dixon  congregation, 
August  25,  1850  and  returned  East. 

Rev.  Burket  was  of  sturdy  pioneer  stock  and  of  Lutheran  an- 
cestry. He  was  born  October  19,  1823  in  the  old  homestead  in 
Sinking  Valley,  Blair  County,  Pa.,  where  his  grandfather  had  settled 
in  the  pioneer  days  of  Pennsylvania. 

He  was  married  in  Carlisle,  Pa.,  May  27,  1845  to  Mary  A.  Christz- 
man  of  Gettysburg.    They  had  ten  children. 

He  died  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Feb.  28,  1883  and  was  buried  at 
Gettysburg,  Pa. 


JUBILEE     SERVICES 

November  18-21 

Sunday,     10:45     a.m. 
\)u.  John  F.  Seibert,  Genera]  Secretary  Board  of  Home  Missions  and  Church 
Extension. 
Address,  "Sevent y-five  Years  of  Home  Mission  History." 
Special  numbers,  t he  Choir: 

Harvest  Anthem — Maunder. 

Solo,  selected      .......      Mrs.  C.  E.  Powell 

7:30     p.m. 
Dr.  John  M.  Bramkamp       .....       President  Illinois  Synod 

Address,  "The  Members — A  Prime  Factor  in  the  Congregation's  Growth." 
Special  numbers,  Young  People's  Choir: 

Anthem,  "When  Shadows  (lather" — Wilson. 
Quartette,  "The  Sunset  Hour." 
Duet,  "I'm  A  Pilgrim." 

Monday,     7:30     p.m. 

Dr.   S.   S.   Waltz,   Executive  Secretary,   The  Brotherhood,   United   Lutheran 

Church.    Pastor  of  Congregation*1874-1879. 
Address,  "The  Church's  Contribution  to  the  Community." 
Greetings    Mr.  F.  D.  Palmer,  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Dixon. 

Rev.  Aubrey  S.Moore,  Pastor  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,    President 

Dixon  Ministers'  Association. 
Special  numbers,  Orchestra. 
Young  People's  Choir: 

"How  Excellent  is  Thy  Name" — Fearis. 

Solo,  selected       .....  Miss  Kith  Mossholder 

Tuesday,     7:30     p.m. 

Dr.  W.  L.  Rutherford,  Pastor  of  Lutheran  Church  of  the  Reformation,  Chicago. 
Pastor  of  Congregation,  1904-1910. 
Address,  "Faithfulness  Crowned." 
Dr.  E.  C.  Harris,  Pastor  St.  John's  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church,  Sterling,  111. 
Address,  "The  Historical  Connection  of  St.  Paul's,  Dixon  and  St.  John's 
Sterling." 
Greetings     Rev.  G.  P.  K\bzle,   President   Northern  Conference  and    Pastor 
Trinity  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church,  Mt.  Morris. 
Rev.  P.  H.  Stahl  Superintendent  Nachusa  Home 

Rev.  D.  P.  Heltzel,  Pastor  St.  Paul's  Evangelical  Lutheran   Church, 
Nachusa,  111. 
Special  numbers,  Choir: 

Anthem,  'Ancient  of  Days" — Ashford. 
Ladies  Quartette. 

Wednesday,     7:30     p.m. 

Choir: 

Sacred  Cantanta:     "The  Crown  of  Life"        .  .  .        Geo.  B.  Nevin 

Mrs.  E.  M.  Goodsell  Mrs.  Dwight  Chapman 

Director  Organist 


St.  Paul's  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church 


Historical  Sketch 

of  St.  PauPs  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church 
By  Pastorates 

Rev.  Jacob  Neff  Burket  —  May  7,  1848  -  August  25,  1850. 
"Persuant  to  previous  notice  a  meeting  was  held  after  preaching  on 
the  20th  of  August  1848  in  the  barn  of  John  N.  Burket  for  the  pur- 
pose of  organizing  a  congregation."  A  constitution  was  presented 
by  the  pastor  and  signed  by  the  sixteen  original  members  of  what 
was  then  called  "The  First  Evangelical  Lutheran  Congregation  of 
Lee  County,  Illinois". 

It  was  a  plain,  medium  sized  barn,  40  by  66  feet,  with  an  oak 
frame,  hand  hewed,  and  pine  siding  hauled  from  Chicago,  the 
nearest  market. 

In  1849,  Rev.  Burket  reported  to  Synod  two  churches,  eighty 
communicants  and  four  Sunday-schools;  Oregon,  with  other  points, 
having  been  served  by  him. 

Rev.  Ephraim  Miller,  D.D.  --  May  4,  1851  -  April  18,  1852. 
Ordained  October  15,  1846  at  the  initial  meeting  of  the  Illinois 
Synod  in  Hillsboro,  where  Father  Trimper  was  then  pastor.  He 
came  to  Illinois  in  1841  from  Pennsylvania,  began  conducting  the 
Hillsboro  Academy  in  1843,  and  did  much  missionary  work  before 
coming  to  Dixon. 


During  this  pastorate,  the  congregation  mel  in  the  Gravel  School- 
house  east  of  Dixon  on  a  corner  of  the  Burkel  farm  a  quarter-mile 
from  their  home.  It  was  made  of  large  stones  and  "ravel,  plastered 
over  on  the  outside.  Its  windows  were  small.  Its  benches  were 
unfinished  pine  with  no  paint,  and  cadi  could  scat  a  dozen  children. 

Rev.  Charles  Young  -  May  9,  1852-Aug.  12,  1853.  Entered 
the  ministry  in  IS  14  and  later  traveled  to  Illinois  from  the  East  with 
his  family  and  relatives.     They  made  the  trip  in  wagons. 

Rev.  Young  preached  in  the  Gravel  Schoolhouse,  conducting  a 
service  in  German  once  in  four  weeks.  The  Sunday-school  was 
always  in  English. 

Rev.  William  Uhl  --  1853-185.").  November  12.  l853ismemor- 
able  for  a  meeting  in  the  Gravel  Schoolhouse  with  John  X.  Burket 
chairman  and  Rev.  Win.  Uhl  secretary,  at  which  time  resolutions 
were  adopted,  changing  the  congregational  name  to  "St.  Paul's 
Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  of  Lee  County  and  State  of  Illinois," 
making  the  elders,  deacons  and  presiding  pastor  the  trustees  of 
the  congregation;  and  authorizing  the  recording  of  the  organization 
in  the  recorder's  office  at  Dixon. 

That  same  day  the  German  portion  withdrew,  and  after  com- 
pleting their  organization,  called  Rev.  Charles  Young  to  their  pastor- 
ate1.   The  separation  lasted  until  about  1870. 

The  English  members  authorized  their  names  to  be  recorded  anew, 
Dec.  26,  1853.     "Win.  Uhl.  pastor"  is  name  101  on  the  list. 

Rev.  Uhl  will  always  be  remembered  as  the  one  whose  untiring 
efforts  had  much  to  do  with  the  building  of  the  First  Church,  begun 
duiing  the  summer  of  1854  and  dedicated  September  30,  1855.  "The 
fine  brick  church"  cost  84,000.  The  expense  was  so  low  because 
the  pastor  did  much  of  the  work  himself. 

Rev.  David  Harbaugh  --  July  29,  1855  -  July  27,  1856.  The 
"First  Church"  was  built  on  the  west  side  of  what  is  now  Crawford 
Avenue.  The  parsonage,  erected  the  following  year,  was  on  the 
coiner  at  Fourth  Street  and  the  church  on  the  lot  north.  The  church 
was  a  plain  building  of  red  brick  with  four  windows  on  each  side 
and  two  on  each  end.  It  had  a  steeple  and  bell.  The  main  entrance 
was  reached  by  a  long  flight  of  wooden  steps.  The  basement  floor, 
in  three  rooms,  was  on  the  ground  level. 

Preaching  and  Sunday-school  services  were  held  in  the  room 
upstairs,  reached  from  the  entrance  through  a  narrow  vestibule 
with  two  doors,  one  leading  to  each  aisle.  The  pews  were  square, 
pine  seats  painted  white. 

The  walls  were  plain  white  plaster,  with  lamps  attached  at  sides 
of  the  room.  The  chancel  was  at  the  west  end  of  the  church.  The 
high  pulpit,  with  a  lamp  on  either  side,  almost  hid  the  minister  when 
seated  behind  it.    The  room  was  heated  with  two  wood  stoves. 


There  was  a  small  organ — a 
rarity  in  those  days — and  a  choir 
of  at  least  four,  who  used  the 
seats  south  of  the  chancel  on  the 
balcony  in  the  rear  of  the  room 
above  the  entrance.  They  had 
hymn  books  with  words  only, 
and  other  books  with  the  tunes. 
The  music,  it  is  said,  helped 
the  church  attendance. 

Rev.  Harbaugh  resigned  and 
went  to  Mendota.  He  was  the 
first  pastor  in  the  first  church 
building. 

Rev.  William  Uh  l — 
Sept.  7,  1856  -  July  4,  1858. 
The  Northern  Illinois  Synod 
held  its  Sixth  Annual  Conven- 
tion in  the  new  church  at 
Dixon,  October  8,  1856.  Its 
president,  S.  W.  Harkey,  in 
his  report,  gave  a  splendid 
appreciation    of   St.    Paul's   pas-  The  Pastor 

tor,    Wm.    Uhl    and    the    "neat 

brick  edifice."  Rev.  Uhl's  second  pastorate  closed  when  he  went 
to  the  charge  at  Nelsvar.  He  again  returned  to  Dixon  in 
1860,  because  of  ill  health,  and  purchased  a  large  flour  mill. 
He  gave  freely  of  his  time  and  means  in  church  work  at  St.  Paul's 
and  elsewhere.  He  severed  his  Sy nodical  connection  of  forty  years 
by  taking  his  letter  March  16,  1891  to  the  Synod  of  California. 
He  died  in  Los  Angeles. 

Rev.  John  L.  Guard  —  1858-1861.  Four  preaching  stations 
were  cared  for  by  Rev.  Guard  in  1858. 

The  membership  of  St.  Paul's  increased  to  152  during  his  pastor- 
ate. There  was  a  "blessed  season  of  grace"  during  the  winter  of 
1858-59,  with  baptisms  and  confirmations  recorded  in  '60  and  '61. 

Rev.  Guard  preached  occasionally  in  the  first  house  of  worship 
built  by  St.  John's,  Sterling — "the  little  white  church  in  the  locust 
grove",  then  beyond  the  city  limits. 

Rev.  J.  R.  Keiser  —  1862-1865.  This  pastorate  was  a  quiet, 
anxious  period  for  the  church,  and  records  are  few.  Very  many 
young  men  who  were  to  be  its  earthly  guides  as  pastors  or  laymen 
during  the  next  forty  years,  were  at  the  front  in  the  War  and  a 
large  number  of  old  leaders  had  also  gone,  some  never  to  return. 
One  of  the  latter  was  William  Young,  the  first  superintendent  of 


the  Sunday-school.     He  was  wounded  in   the  war  and  died   in   a 
hospital  at   Washington  before  its  close. 

Rev.  Abraham  A.  Trimper  --  1865-1870.  The  increasing  con- 
gregation, after  the  Civil  War,  found  the  old  First  (lunch  inadequate 
and  the  site  unsatisfactory.  At  a  meeting  March  1,  1867,  Wm. 
I'hl  offered  a  resolution  that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  secure 
subscriptions  and  gel  plans  for  a  new  church  and  sell  the  old  building. 
The  next  January,  Dr.  Panic's  lot  on  the  corner  of  Second  and  Hen- 
nepin was  purchased  as  a  site  for  the  new  church.  The  old  build- 
ing was  torn  down  in  1879.  The  congregation  met  in  the  Court 
House  after  their  old  home  was  sold  until  the4  new  church  was  ready 
for  use. 

As  built  in  1868,  the  present  church  was  a  neat  brick  structure, 
42  by  SO  feet,  two  stories  high,  with  the  auditorium  above  as  now. 
It  cost  $14,664.81.  The  church  was  dedicated  Feb.  14,  1869.  Rev. 
(i.  A.  Bowers,  of  Hillsboro  preached  the  dedicatory  sermon. 

The  Northern  Illinois  Synod  held  its  annual  convention  of  1869 
in  the  new  church. 

Services  were  held  outside  of  Dixon  in  1867,  but  division  of  the 
pastorate  was  considered  definitely  Jan.  24,  1870,  into  the  Brick 
Schoolhouse,  Zion,  and  St.  Paul's. 

The  English  and  German  congregations  reunited  prior  to  the 
spring  of  1870,  after  having  had  separate  organizations  sixteen  years. 

''Father  Trimper"  resigned  the  Dixon  pastorate  to  visit  churches 
in  the  interest  of  the  new  college  at  Carthage. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  W.  Lilly  -  -  1870-1874.  A  revised  constitu- 
tion was  adopted  by  the  congregation  at  a  meeting  April  7,  1872, 
the  time  of  the  annual  election.  A  committee  had  been  at  work 
on  it  for  some  time. 

A.  C.  Specht  became  secretary  of  the  church  council  May  4, 
1873  and  was  one  of  its  officers  until  Christmas,  1886. 

May  4,  1873  was  Dr.  O.  B.  Blackman's  first  Sunday  in  Dixon, 
having  decided  to  begin  his  practice  of  medicine  in  the  pleasing  little 
city.  He  became  superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school  the  next  year 
and  was  a  leader  in  various  departments  of  the  church  for  over  36 
years. 

Rev.  S.  S.  Waltz,  D.D.  —  August  23,  1874  -  February  16,  1879. 
Three  Synodical  gatherings  were  entertained  during  this  pastorate: 
the  first  a  Sunday-school  convention  held  by  Synod,  Dec.  7,  8,  9, 
1875;  the  twenty-eighth  annual  convention  of  the  Northern  Illinois 
Synod,  Sept.  12,  1878;  and  the  first  session  of  the  Woman's  Mis- 
sionary Society,  the  organization  of  which  had  been  proposed  at 
the  Synod  of  1875. 

Rev.  Waltz  was  married  after  coming  to  Dixon.  Their  home 
housed  many  happy  church  gatherings  and  aided  materially  in 
building  up  the  general  social  standing  of  the  congregation.     The 


present  parsonage,  built  in  1876, 
was  planned  similar  to  the  house 
they  occupied  on  the  North  Side. 

In  the  fall  of  74,  the  side  oil 
lamps  in  the  church  were  replaced 
with  gas.  The  old  lamps,  worth 
about  $40,  were  donated  to  the 
Carthage  congregation. 

The  old  benches  in  the  Sunday- 
school  room  were  replaced  with 
chairs.  A  bookcase  was  purchased, 
and  Mr.  George  Atkins  made  the 
secretary's  desk  now  in  use. 

A  new  impetus  was  given  to 
church  affairs  by  Pastor  Waltz, 
through  his  cheery  manner  and 
ability  to  make  friends  among  all 
classes.  Both  congregation  and 
school  increased.  There  was  an  un- 
usual proportion  of  men  teachers. 
He  resigned  to  do  work  for  the 
Home  Mission  Board. 


Rev.  Carl  B.  Caughman 
Missionary  Pastor  to  Jeypore,  India 


Rev.   Luther  L.   Lipe 


Mrs.  Caughman 


July  20,  1879 -July  27,  1885.  This 
pastorate  has  been  called  the 
"musical  period"  of  the  church. 
The  improvement  in  congrega- 
tional singing  was  marked,  as  Rev. 
Lipe  was  a  good  song  leader.  There 
was  a  steady  growth  in  both 
Church  and  Sunday-school. 

( /ommunion  service  once  in  three 
months,  was  adopted  Nov.  29,  1879. 

When  the  pastor  resigned  May 
31,  1885,  he  was  reelected,  but  in 
July  went  to  the  "difficult  mission" 
in  Lincoln,  Neb.  Rev.  Wm.  Uhl 
was  asked  to  preach  "whenever  it 
was  convenient  for  him  to  do  so." 

Rev.  John  Mosheim  Ruth- 
rauff  — Nov.  7,  1885-Sept.  1, 
1895.  Anniversary  services  were 
held  Nov.  12,  1893,  celebrating 
twenty-five  years  in  the  present 
church  building  and  forty-five  of 
church  organization. 


The  Northern  Illinois  Synod  held  its  fortieth  annual  convention 
at     Dixon    in    L890. 

A  "S.  S.  Institute",  held  by  Synod  July  17-19,  1887  at  the  Gov- 
ernor Charters  place  north  of  Dixon,  became  the  present  Hock  River 
Assembly. 

Constitution  revised  January  17,  1886. 

Theodore1  Moeller  resigned  as  secretary  Sept.  2,  1889,  after  serv- 
ing since  March  13,  1883.  He  was  succeeded  by  A.  J.  Kay,  who 
was  secretary  until  his  resignation  Dec.  18,  1904. 

Miss  Mary  Fleck  resigned  in  1886,  having  taught  the  youngest 
children  in  Sunday-school  for  over  twenty  years.    She  died  in  1892. 

The  organization  of  a  young  people's  society  was  discussed  late 
in  1891.  Busy  Bees  were  active1  in  1894,  and  the  Boys'  Brigade 
was  organized. 

Water  was  ordered  put  into  the  parsonage,  June  6,  1886.  In 
1893,  repairs  costing  $862.20  were  made  on  church  and  parsonage. 

Seventy  new  members  were  added  to  the  church  in  1894,  "the 
Largest  number  ever  received  in  any  one  year"  up  to  that  time. 
The  Sunday-school  grew  rapidly,  the  Endeavor  Society  nearly 
doubled  its  membership. 

January  1,  1895,  the  officers  of  the  church  were  to  be  a  pastor, 
four  elders,  six  deacons. 

The  pastor  resigned  June  2,  1895,  having  been  elected  President 
of  Carthage  College. 

Rev.  Thomas  Frank  Dornblaser,  D.D. —  October,  1895  -  Nov. 
1,  1903.  The  Semi-Centennial  Jubilee  and  Re-dedication,  cele- 
brated in  1898,  was  made  memorable  by  the  presence  of  many  former 
pastors  and  the  enlargement  and  beautifying  of  the  church.  The 
services  Sunday,  December  18,  and  Monday,  were  preceded  by  a 
recital  on  the  new  pipe  organ  Friday  evening  and  a  special  prayer 
service  the  Wednesday  before. 

The  Jubilee  Year  was  characterized  by  great  activity  in  all 
branches  of  church  work,  liberal  giving,  enthusiastic  cooperation, 
never  surpassed  in  the  previous  history  of  the  church.  The  appor- 
tionment was  paid  in  full,  notwithstanding  the  increased  burden  of 
local  expenses. 

A  two-story  addition  of  25  by  40  feet  was  made  to  the  east  side 
of  the  church  building,  and  an  organ  loft  to  the  west  side  with  room 
below  for  the  S.  S.  library  and  a  class  room.  Memorial  windows  of 
stained  glass  were  put  in,  and  the  walls  redecorated.  A  total  of 
$7,000  was  spent,  including  the  pipe  organ. 

The  last  communion  in  the  old  church,  as  originally  built,  was 
on  July  3,  1898.  Services  were  held  in  the  old  stone  church  across 
the  street  while  the  building  was  unfit  for  use. 


The  Interior 


The  pastor  made  a  trip  of  eight  months  to  Palestine  and  other 
foreign  countries,  in  1899.  Rev.  G.  A.  Bowers  served  during  his 
absence. 

A  memorial  service  for  Dr,  Ruthrauff  was  held  May  11,  1902, 
after  his  death  May  6,  while  President  of  Wittenberg  College. 

Resolutions  were  passed  Feb.  1,  1897  on  the  death  of  Rev. 
Wm.  Uhl. 

The  first  deaconesses,  Mrs.  A.  J.  Kay  and.  Miss  Sophia  Andres, 
were  elected  Jan.  1,  1898. 

The  pastor's  next  charge  was  Grace  Church,  Chicago. 


Rev.  W.  L.  Rutherford  --  Feb.  7,  1904  -  June  10,  1910.  The 
Sixteenth  Convention  of  the  Woman's  Home  and  Foreign  Mission- 
ary Society  of  the  General  Synod  met  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Dixon, 
May  25-28,  1909,  celebrating  its  Thirtieth  Anniversary. 

The  Northern  Illinois  Synod  met  in  Dixon  October,  1908. 

A  new  constitution  and  by-laws  were  adopted  Jan.  2,  1905. 

Revival  meetings  were  conducted  in  Dixon,  February,  1904,  by 
Evangelist  William  A.  Sunday.  That  synodical  year,  176  members 
were  received  into  St.  Paul's  church,  bringing  the  enrolled  member- 
ship to  626,  over  500  of  whom  were  regular  communicants. 

The  first  teacher  training  class  of  the  Sunday  School  graduated 
at  the  Assembly  auditorium  Aug.  3,  1905. 


The  Cradle  Roll  started  June  1,  1907.  Mrs.  W.  E.  White,  Superin- 
tendent. 

Use  of  the  single  envelope  system  began  1907.  That  year $1,466.21 
was  expended  for  improvements  on  church  and  parsonage. 

Rev.  Frank  DeGraff  Altman,  I). I).  —September  1910  -  Sept. 
L5,  1919.  Reception  October  21.  Installation  Nov.  IS  by  Dr. 
Dornblaser  and  Rev.  Hersch. 

Improvements  costing  $5,839.42  were  made  during  the  building 
season  of  1917.  which  on  Nov.  30  were  paid  in  full,  with  $9.46  in 
the  repair  fund.  The  outside  of  the  church  received  a  coating  of 
stucco  in  order  to  preserve  the  building  and  present  an  inviting  ap- 
pearance. The  inside  was  redecorated  and  the  indirect  lighting 
system  installed. 

Rebuilding  of  the  pipe  organ  was  begun  September  1913  and  a 
recital  given  on  it  Feb.  12,  1914.  Latest  improvements  were  put 
in.  all  costing  $1 .150. 

May  5,  1912  tin1  time  of  the  annual  meeting  was  changed  from 
January  to  October.  Reports  given  October  9,  1916  showed  the 
church  "in  the  best  financial  condition  in  many  years  if  not  in  its 
entire  history." 

Dr.  Orville  B.  Blackman  died  October  1(5.  1910.  then  a  member  of 
the  council  and  an  active  worker  in  church  and  school  since  1873. 
Another  "beloved  physician"  was  called  Dec.  11,  1911.  Dr.  A.  L. 
Miller,  an  elder  in  the  council,  director  Carthage  College  and  Rock 
River  Assembly,  treasurer  Xachusa  Orphanage. 

Theodore  Moeller  resigned  as  elder  March  24,  1911,  and  was 
elected  Elder  Emeiitus. 

On  Dec.  2,  1915  resolutions  on  the  retirement  of  C.  Gonnerman 
as  treasurer  for  thirty  years  were  read.  He  joined  the  church  about 
1870  and  is  still  active  in  the  council. 

Samuel  Hoon  resigned  as  secretary  of  the  Sunday  School  Sept.  1, 
1916  having  served  continuously  since  1880. 

The  council  was  enlarged  Jan.  16,  1916  to  consist  of  a  pastor,  six 
elders  and  eight  deacons. 

The  Woman's  Relief  Corps  presented  a  flag  to  the  church  with 
special  patriotic  service,  Nov.  19,  1916. 

Dr.  Altman's  resignation  June  27,  1919  to  take  effect  September 
15,  was  accepted  with  regret  that  the  condition  of  his  health  would 
not  permit  his  longer  service,  as  his  work  had  been  a  "blessing  in 
spiritual  things  and  a  great  help  in  things  material." 

Rev.  Lloyd  Warren  Walter  --  Dec.  1,  1919  -  .  Came  from 
Evanston,  111.    Reception  Jan.  13,  1920. 

Diamond  Jubilee  of  church  organization  was  celebrated  in  1923. 
by  the  meeting  of  Illinois  Synod  May  22-2.5.  when  176  delegates  and 
many  visitors  gathered  in  the  newly  decorated  auditorium.  The 
improvements  totaled  $3,183.97.   including  redecorating  of  church 


auditorium,  primary  room  and  both  halls,  enlarging  of  chancel  and 
addition  of  altar  and  lecturn,  and  many  minor  repairs. 

The  Jubilee  Services  celebrated  November  18-21. 

The  World  War  service  flag  was  taken  down  Jan.  2,  1920. 

Church  and  community  were  saddened  by  the  loss  of  a  leader, 
in  the  passing  of  the  pastor's  wife,  Mrs.  Anna  May  Walter,  Dec.  27, 
1922.  His  father,  Mr.  Isaiah  L.  Walter  of  Middleburg,  Pa.  died 
Sept.  21,  1923,  while  visiting  at  the  parsonage. 

Dr.  F.  D.  Altman  died  Oct,  20,  1922  in  Lincoln,  Neb.  He  was 
born  Aug.  7,  1855. 

Luther  League  was  organized  in  the  fall  of  1919.  The  Junior 
Department  of  the  Sunday  School  was  organized  in  May  1923. 

Adult  Catechetical  instruction  began  in  1921. 

October  1923,  St.  Paul's  began  the  support  of  a  missionary  pastor, 
Carl  B.  Caughman,  to  Jeypore,  India. 

May  the  next  seventy-five  years  be  as  fruitful, — yea  more  fruitful 
in  wisdom  and  zeal  for  God. 


REV.  AND  MRS.  CARL  B.  CAUGHMAN 

Beginning  with  October  1st,  1923,  the  congregation  assumed 
a  large  portion  of  the  support  of  Rev.  Caughman  who  is  now  our 
pastor  in  the  Jeypore  field,  India.  This  is  one  of  the  forward  steps 
of  the  Church  which  will  make  memorable  its  seventy-fifth  anniver- 
sary. 

Mr.  Caughman  is  a  graduate  of  Newberry  College  and  of  the 
Lutheran  Theological  Seminary,  Columbia,  S.  C.  His  home  address 
is  Burns,  Miss.  He  was  ordained  at  the  meeting  of  the  Georgia 
Synod  in  1922.  He  married  Lyda  Russell  of  Magee,  Miss.  He  was 
commissioned  on  October  8,  1922  in  Luther  Place  Memorial  Church, 
Washington,  D.  C.  He  is  still  studying  the  language,  while  being 
employed  in  assisting  the  older  missionaries  at  Jeypore,  Vizagapatam 
District,  India.  This  is  the  former  Breklum  German  Mission,  which 
our  Board  has  controlled  and  financed  since  the  outbreak  of  the 
war  in  1914.  The  work  is  done  among  a  few  Telugus,  but  mostly 
in  the  Oriya  language  among  very  primitive  hill  tribes  in  the  domain 
of  the  Maharajah  of  Jeypore.  It  is  perhaps  the  most  interesting- 
work  along  evangelistic  lines  in  our  mission  field. 

Our  eyes  will  now  be  turned  definitely  toward  this  field  and  our 
prayers  will  ascend  that  the  Lord  will  richly  bless  Rev.  Caughman 
and  his  young  wife, — the  Lord's  and  our  ambassadors  to  regions 
beyond. 


ROLL  OF  PASTORS 


*Rev. 

J.  H.  BURKET 

1848-1850 

*Rev. 

Ephraim  Miller 

1850-1852 

*Rev. 

(  Jharles  Young 

1852-1853 

*Rev. 

William  Uhl 

1853-1855 

*Rev. 

David  Barbaugh 

1855-1856 

*Rev. 

William  Uhl 

1856-1858 

*Rev. 

J.  L.  (Hard 

1858-1861 

*Rev. 

J.  R.  Keiser 

1862-1865 

*Rev. 

A.  A.  Trimper   . 

1865-1870 

♦Rev. 

X.  W.  Lilly 

1870-1874 

Rev. 

S.  S.  Waltz,  D.D. 

1874-1879 

Rev. 

L.  L.  Lipe 

1879-1885 

*Rev. 

J.   M.  RUTHRAUFF,  D.D. 

1885-1895 

Rev. 

T.  F.  DoRNBLASER,  D.D. 

1895-1903 

Rev. 

W.  L.  Rutherford,  D.D. 

1904-1910 

*Rev. 

F.  D.  Altman,  D.D.  . 

1910-1919 

Rev. 

Lloyd  W.  Walter 

1919- 

*Deceased. 

CHURCH  COUNCIL 

August  20,  1848 

Rev.  Jacob  Neff  Burket,  Pastor 


ELDERS 
Nathan  Hetler 
Philip  Mowrer 


DEACONS 
John  N.  Burket 
Jacob  Shoop 


CHURCH  COUNCIL 

November  18,  1923 

Rev.  Lloyd  Warren  Walter,  Pastor 


ELDERS 
Conrad  Gonnerman 
Owen  Clymer 
George  Schrock 
Wm.  E.  Trein 
Walter  E.  White 
C.  M.  Hursh 


DEACONS 
L.  C.  Johnson 
Clarence  Wickey 
John  Martinson 
Alonzo  Boyer 
Merritt  Scholl 
Hugh  H.  Emmert 
E.  F.  Herbst 
Seavey  Moeller 


The  Church  and  Parsonage,   1910 


CHARTER  MEMBERS 


John  N.  Burket 
Mary  Burket 
John  Moyer 
Elizabeth  Moyer 
Philip  Mowrer 
Mary  Mowrer 
Catherine  Grow 
Nathan  Hetler 


August  20,  1848 


Catherine  Hetler 
Jacob  Shoop 
Catherine  Shoop 
Nancy  Smice 
Lydia  Courtright 
Catherine  Parmer 
MagadaleneKlintik 
Mary  A.  M.  Burket 


HOLY  COMMUNION 

October  28,  1848 


Rev.  Jacob  H.  Burket,  Pastor 

John  N.  Burket 

Mary  Burket 

Philip  Mowrer 

Mary  Mowrer 

Nathan  Hetler 

From  other  Lutheran  Congregations 

Charles  Holler 
Mrs.  Charles  Holler 

Mrs.  Paul  B.  Hains 


Mary  A.  M.  Burket 
John  Moyer 
Elizabeth  Moyer 
Catharine  Grow 
Catharine  Palmer 
Lydia  Courtright 


Mr.  Summers 
Paul  B.  Hains 


COMMITTEE  ON  75th  ANNIVERSARY 
Lloyd  W.  Walter,  Pastor 

L.  W.  Newcomeb 
( )\yen  Clymer 
W.  E.  White 
W.  E.  Trein 

E.  H.  RlCKARD 

(  'larence  Wickey 
L.  C.  Johnson 
B.  G.  Robinson 
H.  M.  Rasch 
*j.  c.  schuele 
Mark  Smith.  Sr. 
Miss  A.  L.  Geisenheimer 
Mrs.  Otto  Beier 
Miss  Eleanor  Powell 


'Deceased. 


ACKNOWLEDGMENT 

The  committee  wish  to  express  their  appreciation  to 
those  who  have  assisted  graciously  and  faithfully  in 
the  gathering  of  facts  and  the  making  of  this  brochure. 
They  would  especially  make  acknowledgment  of  the 
efforts  of  Miss  Ethel  Kay  for  the   Historical  Sketch. 


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